Eyeglass-mounting.



L. F. ADT. EYEGLASS MOUNTING. APPLIUATION FILED Nov. a, 190s.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.'

Anations of partse mio r. Am, or ALBANY, NEW Yoan.

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'Specicatlon o! Letters Yatent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

Application led November 3,111.00. Serial No. 526,093.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Liao F. ADT, of Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in -Eyeglass-Mountings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

The present invention relates to eye-glassmountings of the type employing vpivoted guards movable toward the nose under the action ofk springs or other resilient means; and pressed away from the nose by suitableoperating finger pieces, an object of this invention being to provide `a mounting; adapted to be accommodated to the facial; characteristics of any person.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain im rovements and combialll as will be'hereinater more fully described, the novel features be ing pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification. 1

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an enlarged4 top view of a mounting constructed in accordance with the present improvements and having one of the ards removed. Fig. 2 is a front view of t e same-mounting showing one ofthe guards removed and portions of the mounting in section. 'Fig 3 1s a cen` tral vertical section of the mounting. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one end of the mounting, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of an end of another mounting constructed in1 accord-g ance withthis invention. Y In thdembodiment of the invention illustratedgingFi 1 to 4, there is employed a supportfort e lenses A comprising preferab yfan larched or bridging portion 1, and lenal attaching devices or ortions 2 connect ed to the arched or bri ging portion 1 by. portions 3 which preferab y are in the form of rearward] extendin loops made of pliable materia so that t e (pupilary distance of the lenses may be varie toaccommodate the mounting to the pu ila distance of the wearer. The support or t e lens also ear-- ries adjustable supporting members for the nose guards. These laupportin members,

each embody arms made of lia le material and preferably formed wit return bends. Each arm in t is instance extends forwardly. at 4 from one of the lens attaching devices,

o C rious ltypes of noses.

ivot pins 6 and to t by helicall thence inwardly at 4a and lnall rearwardly at 4* t'oa point between one o the lens attaching devices andthe proximate end of the bridging portion 1, thus providing a horizontally dls osed loop which permits the free end of t e arm to be adjusted forwardly and rearwardly, inwardly and outwardly, and upwardly and downwardly.

The nose guards are supported on the free ends of the pliable arms in order that they may partake ofthe adjustment of the pliable arms so as to accommodate the guards to va- In the present instance, the inner end of each pliable arm is Aformed into a 'sleeve 5 and a pivot pin.

is introduced upwardly through the lower end of this sleeve so that its upper end will co rate with screw threads formed on the wal s of the opening 7 provided in a horizontal portion 8 that is turned outwardly Ifroxltheupper end of a bracket 9 carried b t e adjustable guard supporting arms 2. ach Aunse guard may turn on one-of the iis end may have the orm of a-lever 10 provided with a bearing between itsrends coperating with one of the pivot pins 6, its forward end being formed into a finger piece 11 and its rear end carrying a nose engaging member provided with an u per pad 12 and a lower pad 13. The guar levers in this instance operate above the pliable portions 3 which preferably are defiecteddownwardly, as shown in Fig; 3, to permitsaid guard levers to be slightly loweredv at their rearend for the adjustment of the mounting.

The uardsmay be moved toward Vthe nose coiled springs 14 which may surround t e pivot pins 6 and each have ,one end '15 bearing against the bracket 9 and the other end 16 engaging the lever of thel ard. The brackets 9 serve as stops to limit the'nward movements of the nose engaging members of the guards under the ac ion o the springs, this being desirable owing to the fact that the lens attaching devices and the bridging'portion 1 have their positions varied with relation to the pivots of the guards.

In the embodiment of the invention shown 'in Fig. ;5 the pliable aard supporting arms are extended from t e bridging portion 1 ,and each comprises af forwardlvV extending portion 4', an inwardly extending portion 42, and a rearwardly 'extending portion 4. With this arrangement, when the lenses of t p'lsiable arm, and a nose guard the mounting are adjusted relatively to the bridging portion 1, the guards do not partake of such adjustment so that it is possibie to adjust the guard pivots and the lenses independently of each other. Y

A mounting constructed in accordance with this invention may be accommodated to the facial 'characteristics of any wearer, the pupilary distance of the lenses bein variable and the positions of the pivots o the uards relatively to the bridging p0rtion eing ad'ustable in all directions to accommodate t e mounting to any type of nose. The means for eifecting these results are inexpensive to manufacture and simple tomanipulate.

I claim as m invention:

1. The combination with a support for the lenses embodying a bridge connecting the latter, of a pliable` non resilient member independent of the connection between the bridge and the lenses supported thereby and rovided with a return bend and with a caring, and a nose gxnard carrying al bearin coperating wit the bearing of the -pllable member.

2. The combination with a support for the lenses, of a pliable looped arm supportred thereby at one end only hav' the oop thereof arranged horizontally, a aring at the free end of the arm, an a nose uard having a bearing coiperatng with the 4ring on the arm.

The combination with a support for the lenses embed ing a bridge connecting them, of apliab e non-resilient arm indeendent of the connection between ythe 'ridge and the lenses extending forwardly from the su port and rearwardly toward the latter, a caring on the free eidv the aring coperating with the bearing ongthe arm.

4. The combination with a support for the lenses embodying a bridge connecting the latter, of two p'iable a lasting members supported there y one of which is provided with a, stop and a vertical bearing and the other of which forms a connection between the'brdge and the lenses, a nose guard mounted to turn on the bearing and to coperate with the stop to be limited in its movement by said sto and a spring for movin the guard towar the stop.

5. e combination with a support for the-lenses, of a pliablenon resilient guard- .aupportmgrlooped arm named thereby, and rhav ng a ce end provided with a bracket 'exten ing laterally therefrom said b racket bein rovided with a turned portion, a piro p n connecting said Aturned ortion oi he bracket with t e free and o the arm, and a nose guard mounted to swin on the pivot in and to coperate with the racket.

6. 'Illia combination with' a support for .upper an acens? the lenses comprising a bridging portion, a lens attachinrdevme and a rearwardly extendinfr pliabe non resilient loo connecting the lens attaching device with the bridging portion, of a support for a nose guard comprisin(r a second forwardly extending non resi ient pliable loop secured. to the support for the lenses embodying a free arm and a vertical bearing carried by the free arm of the loop between the lens attaching device and the proximate end of the bridging portion, a nose guard having a vertice bearin coperatin with the bearing on the liaEle arm, an a spring 'for positioning t e guard.

7. The combination with a. support for the lenses, of a nose-guard supportlng arm connected thereto atene end, the other end being free, said arm bein made of pliable t non resilient material an -having a return bendwhorizontally arranged in front of the support for the' lenses, a nose guard -comprising a pivoted lever mounted to turn on an axis on the arm to one side of the lane of ythe return bend and to one side o the support and having a iinger piece at its forward end and an upper and a lower nose pad at 'its rear4 end.

8. The combination with a support for the lenses comprising a bridging portion, a lens attaching device, and a portion connecting the latter with the bridging portion, of a pivot in carried by they support, a supporting racket therefor arranged in alinement with the connectin portion transyersel of the plane of the enses, pro'ecting a ve the connecting portion and aving a horizontal portion at its upper end lengnad by the pivot pin, and a nose guard em e ying a lever turning on the pivot pin and above the connecting rtion and having a ner piece at its orward end and engaging portions at lower nose its rear end.

9. The combination with 4a supportfor the lenses com yrising a bridging portion, lens attaching evices, and rearwardly sxtending non resilient liable loo s connectinghtlie bridging portion with e lens attac ing devices of pliable arms each extending forwardly from an attaching device, thence inwardly and thence 'rearwardl to form free arms, the latter being provided each with a vertical bearing, and nose guards each having a bearing .mounted to turn in en agement with the of the lia le arms. p

10. he combination with an eyeglass mounting embodying a bridging portion and a lens attaching p'ortion, .of a ,pliable non resilient loop connectingsaid portions, a pliable non resilient arm ha en projecting within the loop an a nose guar turning on the arm. A

11. The Acombination with an eyeglass bearing on one a lfree A mounting enihodying a` bridging portion und u lens attaching portlon, of u pliable, non resilient loop connecting' said portions und openingil on one side of the mounting:r und n pliable non resilient :uni extending from smid side :ind having :t free end turned hack 1o lie within the loop und u nose guard turningon Suid free end of the arm.

12. The combination with an eyeglass mounting embodyingr a bridging portion und a lens attaching portion7 of u pliable non resilient loop connecting said portions, a pliable non reeilient arm having a free end projecting within the loop and a nose guard turning on the arm on an axis arranged in the plane of the lenses.

from said side and thence turned back und i having a free end lying within the loop in the same horlzontal plaine therewith and a nose guard turning on the free end of the arm to one side of both the erin und loop.

LEO F. ADT. Witnesses:

EDWARD MURPHY, 2d, H. D. Bolnnn.

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